Ticket-holder.



E; H. IVESON.

TICKET HOLDER. APPLIOATION FILED 253.20, 1911. RENEWEDMAB. 8, 1912.

Patented May 7, 1912.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD I-I. IVESON, 0F COI-ICES, NEW YORK.

TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led lZEebruary 20, 1911, Serial No. 609,767. Renewed. March 8, 1912. Serial No. 682,517.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD I-I. IvEsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cohoes, in the county of Albany, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to devices for holding passengers tickets in railroad coaches within convenient reach of both conductor and passenger.

The invention contemplates providing a metallic one piece pocket that may be easily attached to the plush back of a railroad coach seat and will have spring controlled clamping portions between which the passenger may slip his ticket, these clamping portions of the lpocket positively holding the ticket against arring out of the pocket due to vibration of the coach.

A still further object is to provide a pocket which may be formed of a single blank of material, and which when completed will have lateral lingers which connect together the spring pressed portions and reinforce these portions against displacement when subjected to rough usage.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this speciiicationz-Figure 1 is a front elevation of the pocket applied. Fig. 2 is a view showing the reverse face of the pocket. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through the pocket. Fig. t is a plan view of the blank from which the pocket is formed.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, the pocket is shown to be formed from a si'ngle blank of resilient metal 10, scored transversely as shown at 11, and bent back upon itself at this score to form spaced clamping lips 12 and 13. Projecting laterally from the lip 12 are tabs 14 these tabs being preferably arranged in pairs on the longitudinal edges of the lip and being looped upon themselves to form lugs. Alined tabs 15 are formed on the opposite longitudinal edges of the lip 13, these tabs being designed to be directed over the longitudinal edges of the lip 12 and soldered or otherwise rigidly fixed to the reversed face of the lip as shown. A rigid transverse bracing band 16 is thus formed which positively secures the lip 13 to the lip 12 while at the same time reinforcing the lip 12 against buckling or the like under severe conditions of usage. The lip 13 is of less magnitude than the lip .12 so that a considerable portion of the latter is exposed and in order to prevent mutilation of the ticket and at the same time guide the ticket when being inserted between the lips, the uppermost edge of the lip 13 is bent back upon itself as shown at 17 and likewise the uppermost edge of the lip 12 is similarly bent back upon itself as shown at 18 so that no sharp edges are presented against which the passengers fingers may contact and be lacerated while inserting or removing his ticket from between the lips.

For securing the pocket in position, pins 19 are passed through the lugs on each side of the pocket. In applying the pins, each pin is passed first through the uppermost lug on oneside of the pocket, thence passed into and out of the plush on the back of the seat, thence passed through the lowermost lug on the same side of the pocket, the opposite ends of the pin being bent back toward each other upon the pin as shown at 20 so as to be concealed entirely by the pocket.

What is claimed, is

A pocket for holding car tickets including a single oblong blank of material scored transversely and bent back upon itself and at said score, whereby spaced clamping lips are formed, said lips being inclined toward each other and being spaced apart near their free ends a distance equal to the thickness of a car ticket, one of said lips being provided on its lateral edges with tabs looped upon themselves and formingl securing lugs, and the other of said lips being formed on its lateral edges With outbent back Within the borders of the pocket Wardly extending tabs which are bent over and forming securing hooks.

the longitudinal edges of the mating lip and In testimony whereof, I aHiX my signathen iXedly secured to said mating lip, ture, in presence of tWo Witnesses.

these tabs forming a continuous strengthen- EDWARD H. IVESON. ing band extending tranversely across the Witnesses:

last named lip and pins passed through said JOHN J. MURRAY,

lugs and each having its opposite extremity JOI-1N H. SODEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C. 

